Sociology Book Summaries

Fluke Summary
Fluke
Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
by Brian Klaas 2024 335 pages
4.07
3.1K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Are Prisons Obsolete? Summary
Are Prisons Obsolete?
by Angela Y. Davis 2003 126 pages
4.51
30.6K ratings
Politics
Race
Social Justice
Twitter and Tear Gas Summary
Twitter and Tear Gas
The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest
by Zeynep Tufekci 2017 326 pages
4.08
1.4K ratings
Politics
Technology
Sociology
Surrounded by Narcissists Summary
Surrounded by Narcissists
How to Effectively Recognize, Avoid, and Defend Yourself Against Toxic People
by Thomas Erikson 2022 320 pages
3.49
3.2K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Inside the Criminal Mind Summary
Inside the Criminal Mind
by Stanton E. Samenow 1984 288 pages
3.79
2.3K ratings
Psychology
True Crime
Crime
Unfair Summary
Unfair
The New Science of Criminal Injustice
by Adam Benforado 2015 379 pages
4.04
1.8K ratings
Law
Psychology
Politics
SuperFreakonomics Summary
SuperFreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
by Steven D. Levitt 2009 270 pages
4.00
133.4K ratings
Business
Science
Psychology
Anarchy, State, and Utopia Summary
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
by Robert Nozick 1974 367 pages
3.75
5.9K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Blindspot Summary
Blindspot
Hidden Biases of Good People
by Mahzarin R. Banaji 2013 254 pages
3.72
6.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Anti Racist
Obedience to Authority Summary
Obedience to Authority
by Stanley Milgram 1974 256 pages
4.20
4.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism Summary
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
by Max Weber 1904 320 pages
3.91
14.6K ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
History
The Origins of Totalitarianism Summary
The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt 1951 527 pages
4.30
13.6K ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Corruptible Summary
Corruptible
Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
by Brian Klaas 2021 320 pages
4.18
3.0K ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Neuromarketing Summary
Neuromarketing
Understanding the Buy Buttons in Your Customer's Brain
by Patrick RenvoisΓ© 2005 256 pages
3.90
760 ratings
Psychology
Business
Neuroscience
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy Summary
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy
Towards a Radical Democratic Politics
by Ernesto Laclau 1985 198 pages
3.84
1.4K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
The Beauty Myth Summary
The Beauty Myth
by Naomi Wolf 1990 368 pages
3.91
30.2K ratings
Feminism
Sociology
Psychology
Boys & Sex Summary
Boys & Sex
Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity
by Peggy Orenstein 2020 293 pages
4.24
6.4K ratings
Parenting
Feminism
Sexuality
The Shock Doctrine Summary
The Shock Doctrine
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
by Naomi Klein 2007 558 pages
4.28
51.1K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Second Curve Summary
The Second Curve
Thoughts on Reinventing Society
by Charles B. Handy 2015 240 pages
4.10
429 ratings
Business
Society
Management
Poor Economics Summary
Poor Economics
A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
by Abhijit V. Banerjee 2011 320 pages
4.27
24.6K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Intellectuals and Society Summary
Intellectuals and Society
by Thomas Sowell 2009 416 pages
4.28
3.9K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Logic of Scientific Discovery Summary
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
by Karl Popper 1934 544 pages
4.03
5.3K ratings
Philosophy
Science
Classics
Propaganda Summary
Propaganda
The Formation of Men's Attitudes
by Jacques Ellul 1962 352 pages
4.27
1.3K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
The Price of Inequality Summary
The Price of Inequality
How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2012 414 pages
4.02
10.0K ratings
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond 1997 498 pages
4.04
440.0K ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
Being Wrong Summary
Being Wrong
Adventures in the Margin of Error
by Kathryn Schulz 2010 339 pages
3.94
7.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Unaccountability Machine Summary
The Unaccountability Machine
Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
by Dan Davies 2024 304 pages
3.92
617 ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
Homo Deus Summary
Homo Deus
A History of Tomorrow
by Yuval Noah Harari 2015 450 pages
4.19
275.1K ratings
History
Science
Philosophy
You Are Not So Smart Summary
You Are Not So Smart
by David McRaney 2011 302 pages
3.86
36.3K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
The Human Zoo Summary
The Human Zoo
A Zoologist's Study of the Urban Animal
by Desmond Morris 1969 320 pages
4.00
3.0K ratings
Science
Psychology
Anthropology
The Art of Choosing Summary
The Art of Choosing
by Sheena Iyengar 1989 352 pages
3.83
6.7K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Outliers Summary
Outliers
The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell 2008 309 pages
4.19
836.8K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The Culture of Narcissism Summary
The Culture of Narcissism
American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations
by Christopher Lasch 1978 368 pages
3.97
4.1K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
The Geography of Thought Summary
The Geography of Thought
How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why
by Richard E. Nisbett 2003 292 pages
3.82
3.7K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Decoded Summary
Decoded
The Science Behind Why We Buy
by Phil P. Barden 2013 280 pages
4.18
1.2K ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
Future Shock Summary
Future Shock
by Alvin Toffler 1970 430 pages
3.82
5.2K ratings
Sociology
Science
Philosophy
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures Summary
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures
by Malcolm Gladwell 2009 444 pages
3.85
103.6K ratings
Psychology
Business
Essays
The Feminine Mystique Summary
The Feminine Mystique
by Betty Friedan 1963 562 pages
3.87
29.9K ratings
Feminism
Classics
History
Trust Me, I'm Lying Summary
Trust Me, I'm Lying
Confessions of a Media Manipulator
by Ryan Holiday 2012 259 pages
3.85
12.3K ratings
Business
Psychology
Politics
Why People Believe Weird Things Summary
Why People Believe Weird Things
Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
by Michael Shermer 1997 384 pages
3.86
9.9K ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The Social Animal Summary
The Social Animal
The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
by David Brooks 2011 448 pages
3.86
24.2K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Science
Social Summary
Social
Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect
by Matthew D. Lieberman 2013 384 pages
4.06
3.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Political Ideologies Summary
Political Ideologies
An Introduction
by Andrew Heywood 1992 382 pages
4.10
1.2K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
Amusing Ourselves to Death Summary
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
by Neil Postman 1985 184 pages
4.16
35.3K ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
No Logo Summary
No Logo
by Naomi Klein 2000 528 pages
3.89
32.2K ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
Cultish Summary
Cultish
The Language of Fanaticism
by Amanda Montell 2021 309 pages
3.83
104.2K ratings
Psychology
History
Sociology
The Vision of the Anointed Summary
The Vision of the Anointed
Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
by Thomas Sowell 1995 320 pages
4.40
3.3K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Against Empathy Summary
Against Empathy
The Case for Rational Compassion
by Paul Bloom 2016 285 pages
3.58
6.2K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
The Mask of Sanity Summary
The Mask of Sanity
by Hervey M. Cleckley 1941 596 pages
3.99
1.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Mental Health
The Art of Being Summary
The Art of Being
by Erich Fromm 1989 144 pages
4.04
5.6K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Home
Swipe
Library
Get App
Create a free account to unlock:
Recommendations: Personalized for you
Requests: Request new book summaries
Bookmarks: Save your favorite books
History: Revisit books later
Ratings: Rate books & see your ratings
600,000+ readers
Try Full Access for 3 Days
Listen, bookmark, and more
Compare Features Free Pro
πŸ“– Read Summaries
Read unlimited summaries. Free users get 3 per month
🎧 Listen to Summaries
Listen to unlimited summaries in 40 languages
❀️ Unlimited Bookmarks
Free users are limited to 4
πŸ“œ Unlimited History
Free users are limited to 4
πŸ“₯ Unlimited Downloads
Free users are limited to 1
Risk-Free Timeline
Today: Get Instant Access
Listen to full summaries of 26,000+ books. That's 12,000+ hours of audio!
Day 2: Trial Reminder
We'll send you a notification that your trial is ending soon.
Day 3: Your subscription begins
You'll be charged on Mar 19,
cancel anytime before.
Consume 2.8Γ— More Books
2.8Γ— more books Listening Reading
Our users love us
600,000+ readers
Trustpilot Rating
TrustPilot
4.6 Excellent
This site is a total game-changer. I've been flying through book summaries like never before. Highly, highly recommend.
β€” Dave G
Worth my money and time, and really well made. I've never seen this quality of summaries on other websites. Very helpful!
β€” Em
Highly recommended!! Fantastic service. Perfect for those that want a little more than a teaser but not all the intricate details of a full audio book.
β€” Greg M
Save 62%
Yearly
$119.88 $44.99/year/yr
$3.75/mo
Monthly
$9.99/mo
Start a 3-Day Free Trial
3 days free, then $44.99/year. Cancel anytime.
Scanner
Find a barcode to scan

⭐
⭐
⭐
We have a special gift for you
Open
38% OFF
DISCOUNT FOR YOU
⭐
⭐
⭐
$79.99
$49.99/year
only $4.16 per month
Continue
2 taps to start, super easy to cancel
Settings
General
Widget
Loading...
⭐
⭐
⭐
We have a special gift for you
Open
38% OFF
DISCOUNT FOR YOU
⭐
⭐
⭐
$79.99
$49.99/year
only $4.16 per month
Continue
2 taps to start, super easy to cancel